Is still streaming night sky is an ever rarest sight for most people on the planet the night looks more like this. We shipmans can shield ourselves from too much artificial light. But plants and animals especially insects are defenseless against Light Pollution we meet someone whos trying to help them the 1st night Protection Officer in a german city. On this autumn evening Sabrina Frank goes out looking for sources of Light Pollution in her home city of folder in central germany she discovers a brightly illuminated plane tree on the university campus. This gets me really annoying people forget that trees have a biological rhythm to the one in the light still has all its lee. Well the one next to it is bad some call that. Too much artificial light has convinced the tree its still summer pronk is germanys 1st socalled night Protection Officer she goes around with a light meter measuring and recording the outdoor illumination 5 lux as the minimum intensity required here for squares and s
A womens march in the capital minutes wakely protest has become one of the largest antigovernment actions since a disputed president ial election triggered on wrist in the Eastern European Country Police have begun to round up female protesters in recent weeks. Prodemocracy protesters have gathered in thailand to demand the prime ministers resignation and reforms to the monarchy tens of thousands have so far turned out for a weekend of rallies student led demonstrations are calling for democratic reforms and changes to laws against criticizing the time monica. This is datable the news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram d w news is the handle over is it our website they w dot com. Betty sets. Today to take a glimpse into the world of insects. No other class of animal has so many species. But a german study has shown that they populations up planets have. How do you actually count insects. The answer to that and other questions coming up. Well come to you tomorrow today the s
California gold rush of the mid 1800s. He describes how people travel to california, the physical geography of the area and the evolving Technology Used to mind goal. Good morning everyone. Were going to talk about the history of the gold rush, im going to talk mainly about california and the years following 1948. But they have played a very important golds, think all the way back to conquistadores. One of the things they are fascinated by was the quest for gold. The history of their conquest first with the as tex and then of the incas, is of an quintuple desire for Precious Metals, gold and silver. When the first english settlers came to jamestown in 1607, while they are hoping to find some kind of supplies of gold that have been found by the spaniards. It was a source of bitter disappointment to not find gold in what is now virginia. They brought with him jewelrys, and goldsmith. Americas first gold rush took place close to us in georgia in 1829, this was the georgia gold rush in nor
Traveled to california, the physical geography of the area and evolving Technology Used to mine gold. Good morning everybody. The topic of our lecture is the history of the gold rush and i will talk mainly about california in the years following 1848. But gold played a very, very Important Role in American History. Think back to the conquistadors, one of the things they were fascinating about was the quest for gold. An unquenchable desire for Precious Metals, gold above all, but also silver. When the first settlers came to jamestown they were hoping to find the same supplies of gold found by the spaniards and bitter disappointment not to find gold in the whats now virginia and brought with them jewelers and gold smiths. Americas first gold rush took place in georgia in 1829 in north georgia. If youve been about 100 miles north, you would see the old lump kin county courthouse has been converted into a gold mining museum. Its about 100 miles up the road. What happened was, first gold wa
But also silver. When the first settlers came to jamestown they were hoping to find the same supplies of gold found by the spaniards and bitter disappointment not to find gold in the whats now virginia and brought with them jewelers and gold smiths. Americas first gold rush took place in georgia in 1829 in north georgia. If youve been about 100 miles north, you would see the old lump kin county courthouse has been converted into a gold mining museum. Its about 100 miles up the road. What happened was, first gold was discovered and people started pouring into the area in huge numbers because of the intoxicating possibility that gold would make them wealthy quickly. Until then this had been an area really beyond the line of settlement. But suddenly now the White Settlement catches up very quickly. Here is the governor, george gilmore, describing what it was like meeting the georgia miners in 1829. Many thousands of idle people flocked into georgia from every point of the compass whose pe